"Six plates of the present volume, together with their accompanying text, were printed off in the year 1817, but as they were never properly published, it has been thought advisable to include them in the present work"--V. 1, p. vii

"Philadelphia Museum."

Vol. 1 has an added engraved t.p., signed: C.A. Le Sueur del

Plates illustrated by T.R. Peale, C.A. Lesueur, and W.W. Wood; and engraved by H. Bridport, G. Lang, Longacre, and C. Tiebout

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration

Horn & Schenkling. Index litt. entomologiae

SCNHRB has v. 1 (39088014412761) and v. 2 (39088014412852), only. Plate 19 is wanting; an extra copy of plate 21 is bound in v. 2. Some of the plates have closely cropped edges and are wanting their plate numbers

SCNHRB copy has stamps: Smithsonian Library, Jan. 13, 1956; Smithsonian Institution, U.S. National Museum, H.S. Barber Collection. Accession nos.: v. 1, 352407; v. 2, 352408

SCNHRB copy has ms. ink inscriptions in v. 1: W.P. Hay, Aug. 30, 1940; Pour son excellens Monsr. Gotthelf Fischer de la part de A.J. Middleton

SCNHRB copy has red buckram library bindings with gilt-lettered spines and gray endpapers

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